Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Three: Private R. D. Webb, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action near Chapelle d’Armentières on 3 November 1914
1914 Star, with clasp (7959 Pte. R. D. Webb. 2/Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (7959 Pte. R. D. Webb. Essex R.); Memorial Plaque (Robert David Webb) reverse of plaque bearing scars from metal fixtures, since removed; Memorial Scroll ‘Pte. Robert David Webb, Essex Regiment.’, nearly extremely fine

Three: Private A. E. Webb, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on 12 March 1915
1914 Star, with clasp (8436 Pte. A. E. Webb. 2/Linc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8436 Pte. A. E. Webb. Linc. R.); Memorial Plaque (Alfred Edward Webb) reverse of plaque bearing scars from metal fixtures, since removed; Memorial Scroll ‘Pte. Alfred Edward Webb, Lincolnshire Regt.’, nearly extremely fine (10) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barry Hobbs Collection of Great War Medals.

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Robert David Webb was born around 1885 at Ipswich, Suffolk and attested there for the Essex Regiment in 1904. He served with D Company of the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 August 1914 as part of the 12th Brigade in the 4th Division. Having participated in the battles of Le Cateau and the Aisne, his battalion moved north to Hazebrouck and was then involved in a series of actions near Armentières and Messines in October 1914.

Private Webb was killed in action on 3 November 1914 during a period when his battalion successfully repulsed enemy attacks on the firing line south of Pont Edal Farm railway crossing, near Chapelle d’Armentières. He was the son of Robert and Sarah Webb of 54 Wykes Bishop St., Ipswich and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Meemorial, Belgium.

Sold together with portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform.

Alfred Edward Webb was born around 1890 at Ipswich, Suffolk and attested there for the Lincolnshire Regiment in 1908. He served with the 2nd battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914 as part of the 25th Brigade, 8th Division and was killed in action on 12 March 1914 - two days after his battalion’s attack on Neuve Chapelle.

The regimental history describes how a shrapnel shell was the likely cause of his death:
‘On the 12th the Germans launched their counter-attack but similarly they gained little. The Lincolnshire Diary records that the battalion remained in its trenches “all day and all night (12th/13th)”; forward Battalion Headquarters were with C Company. That night, at about 8pm, Captain C. G. V. Wellesley rejoined the Battalion (he had been ill and away from it). He was coming up with the ration party when a shrapnel shell pitched into it, mortally wounding the officer and twelve other ranks about thirty yards from Battalion headquarters.’ (The History of the Lincolnshire Regiment 1914-1918 edited by Major-General C. R. Simpson, C.B.)

Sold together with a photograph of the recipient in uniform.